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- Finance Bill 2011: Committee Stage (26 Jan 2011)
Damien English: I move amendment No. 89: In page 186, line 11, to delete "â¬3" and substitute "â¬2". This relates to the travel tax which my party proposed to scrap in its entirety in our alternative budget. The Minister has reduced the charge from â¬10 to â¬7 and we propose to reduce it further to â¬2 or zero, if the Minister would accept that. The issue sends out the wrong message. We know tourism...
- Finance Bill 2011: Committee Stage (26 Jan 2011)
Damien English: That is in our budget proposal.
- Finance Bill 2011: Committee Stage (26 Jan 2011)
Damien English: That is the reason the Fine Gael Party amendment refers to a figure of â¬2.
- Finance Bill 2011: Committee Stage (26 Jan 2011)
Damien English: May I clarify my amendment?
- Finance Bill 2011: Committee Stage (26 Jan 2011)
Damien English: Unlike Ireland, those countries are not broke.
- Finance Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2011)
Damien English: The Deputy made sure it was passed first, though.
- Finance Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2011)
Damien English: Fianna Fáil allowed the Deputy. The Deputy will vote with the Government.
- Finance Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2011)
Damien English: The Government gave him this slot.
- Finance Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2011)
Damien English: It is a set-up. Why did the Government give the Deputy a slot?
- Finance Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2011)
Damien English: The Deputy will still vote for the Bill.
- Finance Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2011)
Damien English: Perhaps they could have five more minutes.
- Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)
Damien English: Who will stop the Ceann Comhairle?
- Banking Sector (12 Jan 2011)
Damien English: I agree.
- Banking Sector (12 Jan 2011)
Damien English: Question 67: To ask the Minister for Finance the input he has had into the endeavour of the International Market Commissioner, Michael Barnier, to assess sentiment on a proposal that, in future, bond investors would share the burden of any bank collapse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1443/11]
- Banking Sector (12 Jan 2011)
Damien English: The Minister has until March to make his submission. Will this be discussed by the Joint Committee on Finance and the Public Service and will the Opposition have a say? Our view is slightly different from the Minister's, unless he has changed his way of how he does business. Up to now the Minister does not seem to want to go after the bondholders. This is a discussion paper about a fairer...
- Banking Sector (12 Jan 2011)
Damien English: What actions?
- Banking Sector (12 Jan 2011)
Damien English: They are very different.
- Banking Sector (12 Jan 2011)
Damien English: I thank the Minister for his willingness to discuss the issue but he was specifically asked for his views on dealing with the debts of banks. Will he recommend that in future bondholders will take a bigger hit than was the case under Government policy to date? I accept he will argue that he was unable to do this previously, although we think differently.
- Banking Sector (12 Jan 2011)
Damien English: That is the Minister's view.
- EU-IMF Programme of Financial Support (12 Jan 2011)
Damien English: Hence the interest rate.